Trump

[carltonplace]

It's all the same Clown Show.

Yea, I feel like his running mate will be Charlie Sheen...you know because his dad was president.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Yea, I feel like his running mate will be Charlie Sheen...you know because his dad was president.

Just saw a hilarious quote - Obama was talking at a fundraiser... I didn't see it, but I can believe he would say this....  Not only is it a Clown Show - it is the "Most Magnificent, Hilarious Most-Wussiest Bunch of Whiners Clown Show".


"Have you noticed that every one of these candidates says, 'Obama's weak. Putin's kicking sand in his face. When I talk to Putin, he's going to straighten out'?" Mr. Obama asked a crowd of Democratic donors in New York, referring to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.
     
"And then it turns out they can't handle a bunch of CNBC moderators at a debate," he added to huge applause from his partisan audience. "I mean, let me tell you," he added with gleeful scorn, "if you can't handle those guys, you know, then I don't think the Chinese and the Russians are going to be too worried about you."


Still hoping Trump will throw his support to Romney, so we have Hillary and Romney running...at least a little semblance of sanity to the rest of the world....

[patric]

Trump: "You know the movies. Shoot first, talk later. Right? Right? Right? You shoot first, you talk about it later."

But isnt that part of the problem?

"Shoot first, think later"
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-wp-blm-scotus-comment-720a8830-87f7-11e5-bd91-d385b244482f-20151110-story.html

[Townsend]

Trump has to be a plant. 

I'm not sure if he's meant to make other GOP candidates look better by comparison or worse by association.

[Conan71]

Trump: "You know the movies. Shoot first, talk later. Right? Right? Right? You shoot first, you talk about it later."

But isnt that part of the problem?

"Shoot first, think later"
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-wp-blm-scotus-comment-720a8830-87f7-11e5-bd91-d385b244482f-20151110-story.html

I read this twice.  No reference to Trump.  What does this have to do with Trump?

Supreme Court shields police from facing juries

[Ed W]

Have they lost all reason? Trump wants to force Muslims to register in some kind of database. Carson thinks the Great Pyramids were grain storage. And they're the front runners? What next, Bat Boy for VP?

[patric]

I read this twice.  No reference to Trump.  What does this have to do with Trump?

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/260370-trump-refugees-could-be-trojan-horse-for-isis

Then there is

Instead of accepting Syrian refugees, the U.S. should purchase a "big swath of land" in Syria, which "believe me you get for the right price."
After buying the Syrian land the U.S. should then convert it into a safe haven for refugees...So what I like is... build a big beautiful safe zone"

Didnt the Germans have another name for that?

[Conan71]

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/260370-trump-refugees-could-be-trojan-horse-for-isis

Then there is

Instead of accepting Syrian refugees, the U.S. should purchase a "big swath of land" in Syria, which "believe me you get for the right price."
After buying the Syrian land the U.S. should then convert it into a safe haven for refugees...So what I like is... build a big beautiful safe zone"

Didnt the Germans have another name for that?

Godwin

[patric]

Godwin

Precedent

...something about powerful people with wierd comb-overs...

[Hoss]

Godwin

Kinda hard to Godwin this topic when it seems appropriate.

[Conan71]

Kinda hard to Godwin this topic when it seems appropriate.

Hey, Mr. anti-authoritarian started referencing Germans and their odd proclivities of how to deal with the Jews and strips of land...

If the shoe fits.

[patric]

If the shoe fits.

Ditto.

Now that were pumped, how about a short detour down this dark alley:
http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2015/11/22/what-donald-trump-might-have-seen-on-911-hint-it-wasnt-cheering-arabs/

Wow.

[Conan71]

Ditto.

Now that were pumped, how about a short detour down this dark alley:
http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2015/11/22/what-donald-trump-might-have-seen-on-911-hint-it-wasnt-cheering-arabs/

Wow.

I can care less about Trump.  But I'm surprised at how easily you are taken in by media sources which keep doing these constructs to make him fit the mold of the typical GOP bigot.  Try harder Patric.  There's plenty to not like about this guy without resorting to op-eds which mangle facts.

He's a DB, but the racist/xenophobe profile of the leading GOP candidate is getting old.  What is everyone going to do when Carson becomes the odds-on favorite and the media starts to paint him as a racist?

[Hoss]

I can care less about Trump.  But I'm surprised at how easily you are taken in by media sources which keep doing these constructs to make him fit the mold of the typical GOP bigot.  Try harder Patric.  There's plenty to not like about this guy without resorting to op-eds which mangle facts.

He's a DB, but the racist/xenophobe profile of the leading GOP candidate is getting old.  What is everyone going to do when Carson becomes the odds-on favorite and the media starts to paint him as a racist?

Especially him fabricating or following an old disproven story about how thousands of Muslims were cheering in NJ when the towers came down on 9/11.  And then doubling down and saying 'they did too', when confronted with the facts.

I still think it's possible he's a democrat plant to make the current clown car move so far right it hurts them with independents.

[cannon_fodder]

The Trump-Hitler comparison is getting painfully obvious. It has to be a parody.

- never held elected office before
- wrote a bad book about what a great leader they are which clearly shows they have no idea what they are talking about
- blames immigrants for most problems (spreading crime and disease, ruining the economy!)
- one was an immigrant married to a native, the other is a native married to an immigrant
- in favor of registration of religious minorities
- vilifies the previous administration
- ultra nationalistic
- favors militaristic solutions to foreign affairs
- underdog candidate that no one took seriously
- encourage supporters to beat dissidents/protesters
- both keep copies of Mein Kampf and My New Order on their nightstands (seriously, Trump used to keep the collected works of Adolf Hitler on his nightstand. I just assume Hitler did)

You can call Godwin all you want, but no one calls for a registry of a religious minority unless it is in jest.


Here are some fun quotes for you:

1. "Do not compare yourself to others. If you do, you are insulting yourself."

2. "If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, people will believe it."

3. "Who says I am not under the special protection of God?"

4. "Just look at the bill of fare served up in our movies ... and theaters, and you will hardly be able to deny that this is not the right kind of stuff."

5. "If you win, you don't have to explain ... If you lose, you should not be there to explain!"

6. "I do not see why man shouldn't be as cruel as nature."

7. "The more economic difficulties increase, the more immigration will be seen as a burden."

8. "Great liars are also great magicians."

9. "I can fight only for something that I love, love only what I respect, and respect only what I at least know."

10. "Any alliance whose purpose is not to wage war is useless."

11. "Anyone who sees and paints a sky green and fields blue ought to be sterilized."

12. "Humanitarianism is the expression of stupidity and cowardice."

13. "How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think."